Reply #6: Thank you for the kind, if totally undeserved, words... [View All]

Really, my only claim to fame, as it were, as far as teaching is concerned is that I care about my students and value teaching as a profession. This has not gone over well with others, who tend to denigrate teaching and compare it unfairly to research (I do both), putting it down as a 'lesser' activity. Do I know everything, hardly!. Do I know much? Resounding NO to that one too, as I learned in my graduate program that the most important thing one must realize is how much we don't know. I had a great example as a mentor at Texas Tech. University, a 40 year professor and researcher, whose example I have carried into my own career, so it really is his approach, not mine. My cats are my friends and my children. They are all rescues and would have probably not lived this long had they been left out in the streets. In fact, my Pooky is walking around on the desk right now, letting me know that it is time for an afternoon nap with the kitties. Love them dearly!